Handout # 5 - Pronoun – Antecedent Agreement Test



Handout # 5 - Pronoun – Gender TEST Name_____________________

Gender is a distinction among nouns and pronouns with regard to sex.

There are three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter.

A noun or pronoun of masculine gender is one that denotes a male being. Examples: man, uncle, he.

A noun or pronoun of feminine gender is one that denotes a female being. Examples: woman, aunt, she.

A noun or pronoun of neuter gender is one that denotes an object without sex. Examples: house, tree, it.

A few nouns have the same form for persons of either sex. Examples: artist, teacher, singer, doctor.

Write each of the following nouns in its Gender Classification Column below:

hero father boy teacher musician heir brother

sister bachelor aunt school tablet king prince

car daughter physician uncle book person youth

street playmate heroine cafeteria countess pencil clerk

queen husband laundress grandfather women lad writer

son American lawyer aviator doll man parent

box aviatrix cousin princess wife picture girl

artist maiden avenue grandmother hat baby emperor

lass child pianist heiress

Masculine Feminine Masculine or Feminine Neuter

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